fend for
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
argue or speak in defense of
She supported the motion to strike
Types & categories
- argue hypernym
- rationalize hyponym
- stick up hyponym
- uphold hyponym
Related & opposite
- support derivation
- vindication derivation
- defender derivation
- sponsor derivation
- supporter derivation
- supportive derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | support |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | vindication |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | defender |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sponsor |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | supporter |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | supportive |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | argue |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rationalize |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | stick up |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | uphold |